Shine on You Crazy Diamond

Pop quiz: How big a moonshine still is big? While an improperly cooked cup of the clear stuff is enough to blind you, according to the North Caroline Alcohol Law Enforcement (ALE, seriously) a 200-gallon still is when it gets large.

The ALE team busted Scott Lee Isom for running his own distillery and making moonshine to make Uncle Jesse proud. They ran him up on charges for "manufacturing nontax-paid alcohol, possession of a liquor still, two counts of possession of nontax-paid alcohol, and two counts of possessing an alcoholic beverage to sell without an ABC Permit, according to a report." That's big government, for you: taking away a southern man's entrepreneurial spirit. Is another Whiskey Rebellion a-brewing down in Asheville. Power to the boozers.